Sustainable development
By: Susan Baker.
Series: Routledge introductions to the environment series; Routledge introductions to environment series.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Sustainable development; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Globalization -- Environmental aspects; Economic policy -- Environmental aspects; International organization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the environment and sustainable development; title: Theoretical and conceptual exploration of sustainable development.  The concept of sustainable development; title: International engagement with sustainable development. Global governance and the United Nations environmental summits; Key global concerns: climate change and biodiversity management; The local level: LA21 and public participation; title: The promotion of sustainable development in different social, political and economic contexts. High consumption societies: the responsibilities of the European Union; Challenges in the Third World; Changing times: the countries in transition in Eastern Europe; Conclusions: the promotion of sustainable development: what has been achieved?.